tolerance English · revision 10334

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1412|origins=frm tolérance|origins=la tolerantia}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ ''(UK)''; /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/, /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English tolleraunce, [[bor|frm|tolérance]] and directly from Latin tolerantia, endurance,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from tolerāns, present participle of tolerāre, to bear, endure (see [[tolerate]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Endurance, fortitude, the power to bear pain or hardship: before 1420, in Lydgate's ''Troy Book''; 1412–20 in the OED; this sense is now obsolete.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Licence or permission granted by an authority is from 1539 and obsolete.^(OED 1989) The disposition to be patient with the opinions or practices of others, tolerating, is by 1765.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) The Century Dictionary (1891) distinguished tolerance, the spirit, from toleration, the conduct.^(Etymonline) The allowable amount of variation is from 1868, originally of weights in minting,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and of the size of machine parts from 1909.^(Barnhart 1988) The physiological sense, the ability to take large doses of a poison or drug, is from 1875.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In forestry and biology, the capacity to endure shade or other conditions is from 1898,^(OED 1989) and in immunology the acceptance of an antigen without reaction from 1951.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1412–20 – endurance.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1539 – permission.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1765 – forbearance.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1868 – allowable variation.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1875 – resistance to a drug.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1951 – immunological tolerance.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The willingness to recognize and respect beliefs or practices that differ from one's own.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The capacity to endure pain or hardship.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The permitted variation from a standard measurement.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(physiology)'' The reduced response of the body to a drug or poison after repeated use.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nontolerance]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intolerance]]

+ * [[tolerable]]

+ * [[tolerant]]

+ * [[tolerate]]

+ * [[toleration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}